CEO Trayle shares fifth annualHappy Halloweenmixtape
HH5is a sinister, 18-track opus from a rapper at the top of his game.
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CEO Traylehas shared his fifth annualHappy Halloweenmixtape via Do What You Love and 10K Project.HH5arrives today (October 31), in celebration of spooky season’s climax, alongside a Decat-directed, blood-spatter visual treatment for its opening track, “Sincerely Yours.” It was preceded by two singles: “I Love You, But…” and “Chokehold,” the former arriving in mid October and the latter this past Friday.
The new project is an 18-track opus that finds the Atlanta rapper flowing over varied and expansive — but uniformly ominous — production fromDun Deal,OG Parker,Go Grizzly,创伤的语气, andStribb, among others. The record only features one guest verse, fromFastmoney蚂蚁on “Nightmares & Dreams” (C4, the listed feature on “Alter Ego 2,” is, in fact, one of Trayle’salter egos). But Trayle’s elite chops and versatility easily carry the tape through a tight 51 minutes of music with very little filler. After the ultra-compressed strike of July’sVierEP,HH5‘s slow burn is proof that format matters very little in the face of Trayle’s undeniable greatness.
Read Kathy Iandoli’sGen F profile of CEO Traylefrom earlier this month and Brandon Callender’sinterviewwith the 28-year-old phenom from December 2021 to see why he’s one of The FADER’s favorite rappers right now. Watch the “Sincerely Yours” video and listen toHH5in full below.